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The idea of classical conditioning definitely is one of the most interesting in psychology. One question I ponder occasionally is if classical conditioning is the most ethical practice. this isn't a moral stance, simply a question of traditional ideas. Consider...

this class definitely is a helpful reminder and teacher of the dangers of allowing ourselves to be taken in by the world of advertising. It's so easy to become engrained with brand loyalty without even owning a product. I see...

my only thoughts on this are that you have to take any personality with a grain of salt. It may be reflective but people are complex beings with varying motivations, ideas, and traits. People are always changing in response to...

I think the picture you used to illustrate your point is interesting, I think the conformity that we see everyday in many social situations extends well beyond simply the public realm. Everyday we are pressured and pushed to fit into...

I also found myself acknowledging my own neuroticism and personality traits, it's definitely interesting. I think perhaps the sensitivity that comes with the higher neuroticism is expressed in the course with a negative connotation, which I found to be irritating...

I think the knowledge of how conformity works from this class is much like the knowledge that would help us overcome the bystandard effect. Knowing how easily it is to be taken advantage of by someone in a position of...

it's interesting to think about this in a historical sense, as you referring. Our taste is subject to a change in lifestyles amongst us, and in our culture. Say for instance that because of mass production we are able to...

Is self-actualization possible in todays world? I find the idea of self-actualization to be very interesting. The idea of self-actualization in the last twenty years or so is one that has been forgotten, or perhaps the aim to become self-actualized...

While lab experimentation can yield valuable results in regards to the control of an independent variable naturalistic observation is more useful in the way that it allows for scientists to observe behavior without the influence of a lab, or of...

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I agree with others who have posted here.... I think that in a historical sense this is interesting. Now though I find it disturbing that our society has decided that people who are so thin that they might be unhealthy to be what our young girls are aspiring to be. I am happy that some modeling companies and magazines are finally putting their foot down even though I know that it will take a long time if at all before we see anyone normal looking gracing the cover of a magazine....

You really couldn't have said that more perfectly. It really is true the there shouldn't be just this one mass deciding what is beautiful. As you said, beauty is in the eye of the beholder so how could it have turned into "beauty is in the eye of the public"? Not to mention, there's also so many levels and variations of beauty. There's nature beauty, there's on-the-magazine beauty,there's Picasso and then Monet beauty, and finally, there's beauty in which you see with your heart rather than your eyes. And personally, I feel like the last one is the best one....